Question 2.

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Question 2: What is rural poverty? What is urban poverty? What are the similarities and differences?

Resource: Eric Jensen’s Teaching with Poverty in Mind
Rural Poverty

• Occurs in nonmetropolitan areas with populations below 50,000
• More single-guardian households
• Families often have less access to services
  • Support for disabilities
  • Quality education opportunities
• Job opportunities are few
  • Problematic transitioning from welfare to the workforce
• Poverty rate increasing
  • Exceeds urban rate every year since 1960s

Urban Poverty

• Occurs in metropolitan areas with populations of at least 50,000
• Dependent on insufficient large-city services
• Deal with chronic and acute stressors
  • Crowding
  • Violence
  • Noise